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EPW045353 ENGLAND (1934). The Ace of Spades service station and swimming pool alongside the Great West Road (A4), Heston, 1934. This image has been produced from a damaged negative.

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Details

Title [EPW045353] The Ace of Spades service station and swimming pool alongside the Great West Road (A4), Heston, 1934. This image has been produced from a damaged negative.
Reference EPW045353
Date July-1934
Link
Place name HESTON
Parish
District
Country ENGLAND
Easting / Northing 513174, 176653
Longitude / Latitude -0.37016412168866, 51.477015053031
National Grid Reference TQ132767

Pins

Looks like a race or swimming gala is happening.

Aero engine starter
Tuesday 29th of August 2023 06:22:46 PM
This Area Later Became The Central Playing Fields

GDT
Tuesday 23rd of May 2023 08:28:08 PM
Site Of Sports Pavilion For Central Playing Fields [Not Part of Spring Grove Grammar or Lampton School]

GDT
Tuesday 23rd of May 2023 08:26:50 PM
Harris Close Built Over This Entire Site

GDT
Tuesday 23rd of May 2023 08:23:36 PM
Lampton Park Extension [Initially Included Several Football Pitches]

GDT
Tuesday 23rd of May 2023 08:22:04 PM
Lampton School Playing Fields

GDT
Tuesday 23rd of May 2023 08:20:08 PM
Not many people swimming, mostly dangling their feet in. Likely unheated pool.

Martin Devlin
Monday 4th of October 2021 12:55:01 PM
This is a test from Britain from Above website Team. Adding a pin to bottom left of image. Please ignore. Thanks.

KeithR
Monday 13th of July 2020 09:21:40 AM
This is a test reply. Thank you.

KeithR
Monday 13th of July 2020 09:22:52 AM
Sign pointing right to Heston

southallboy
Wednesday 12th of June 2013 05:36:04 PM
This is a test from the Britain from Above Admin team. Please ignore.

IainD
Monday 13th of July 2020 08:37:42 AM
This looks like a yellow phone box

southallboy
Wednesday 12th of June 2013 05:33:21 PM
Probably a GPO K3 kiosk, constructed from concrete, hence it's light appearance. Not all kiosks were painted red!

Isleworth1961
Friday 14th of June 2013 12:11:14 AM
The Robert inn or as I would call it The Master Robert

southallboy
Wednesday 12th of June 2013 05:31:27 PM

User Comment Contributions

My Grand father Leslie Denyer was the foreman at this garage in 1930

Captain
Monday 24th of August 2015 06:05:17 PM
Great West Road A4 at Sutton Lane, The Robert Inn, 22/07/2015

Class31
Thursday 23rd of July 2015 06:09:15 PM